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Smriti Irani throws her might behind 'save the girl' drive
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Ahmedabad: BJP leader Smriti Irani took the girl child issue one step forward in Gujarat. On Sunday, minister of state for health, Ashok Bhatt and Irani led a rally in support of the girl child in Ahmedabad. The campaign began with a resident of Khadia, Jaishaben, adopting a girl child.
Irani gifted Rs 501 to Jaishaben. The rally began in Khadia, went through Manek Chowk and ended at Bhadra Kali temple. It was a part of the week-long 'Beti Bachao Saptah' that kicked off in Khadia last week. The Khadia ward has shown an increasingly unfavourable sex ratio in the last couple of years — from 877 girls per 1,000 boys in the year 2003 to 767 in 2005.
Irani told TOI that women in Gujarat, if armed with awareness and education, can certainly fight the evil of female foeticide. "It is a myth that female foeticide is a rural problem. It is as prevalent in urban Gujarat and can only be fought through awareness. It is good to see the Gujarat government taking ahead a campaign that The Times of India initiated, in such a planned manner."
Irani campaigned in Surat for the 'Beti Bachao Andolan' last week and came to Ahmedabad for the first time on Sunday. "We have made an interactive CD for rural areas that can promote the importance of the girl child," she said.
Bhatt said that apart from the week-long campaign, the 'Beti Bachao Andolan' will be taken across the state in a sustained manner.
Irani gifted Rs 501 to Jaishaben. The rally began in Khadia, went through Manek Chowk and ended at Bhadra Kali temple. It was a part of the week-long 'Beti Bachao Saptah' that kicked off in Khadia last week. The Khadia ward has shown an increasingly unfavourable sex ratio in the last couple of years — from 877 girls per 1,000 boys in the year 2003 to 767 in 2005.
Irani told TOI that women in Gujarat, if armed with awareness and education, can certainly fight the evil of female foeticide. "It is a myth that female foeticide is a rural problem. It is as prevalent in urban Gujarat and can only be fought through awareness. It is good to see the Gujarat government taking ahead a campaign that The Times of India initiated, in such a planned manner."
Irani campaigned in Surat for the 'Beti Bachao Andolan' last week and came to Ahmedabad for the first time on Sunday. "We have made an interactive CD for rural areas that can promote the importance of the girl child," she said.
Bhatt said that apart from the week-long campaign, the 'Beti Bachao Andolan' will be taken across the state in a sustained manner.
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